Year 3 or 4 students may choose to do a Primary Care audit for their SSC. This enables you to spend a further 3 weeks in General Practice, get a feel for how primary care is organised, and contribute to improving the quality of care. You will be supervised by a GP and usually work closely with an audit administrator in the practice. The topic will be chosen by the GP, as an area where they want to look at the quality of care provided and hopefully make improvements. You will do background reading, and help agree the standards to be measured. At the end of the project you will present a report to the practice, including doing a presentation at a practice meeting.

There are two ways of organising this:

a) Arrangement through Centre for Academic Primary Care

The Centre is able to match students with general practices in Bristol and surrounding areas within easy access. You will be given a choice of topic, particularly if you apply early. All students interested in doing their SSC in general practice should register an expression of interest with the Primary Care Teaching Office.

b) Arrangement through one of your COMP2 General Practices

You are also free to make your own arrangements with a general practice, usually with one of the GPs to whom you were attached during your COMP2 placements. This is usually easier if the practice is in Bristol or nearby, unless you have a car and are prepared to travel further. We cannot refund travel expenses. Please advise the Primary Care Teaching Office if you make such an arrangement.

Topics offered by GPs 2014-15

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• PC audit 3 - Patients on alendronic acid (Office document, 34kB)‌
• Early Cancer diagnosis in Primary Care (Office document, 34kB)
• End of life care in Primary Care (Office document, 34kB)
• Gastroenterology in Primary Care (Office document, 35kB)
• Improving the diagnosis of osteoporosis and fragility fracture (Office document, 35kB)
• Managing Coeliac patients in the community (Office document, 37kB)
• Polypharmacy in Primary Care (Office document, 33kB)
• PC audit 3-4 - Repeat prescribing safety in general practice (Office document, 34kB)
• PC audit 3-4 - Review of prophylactic prescribing (Office document, 37kB)
• PC audit 4 - Minor surgery (Office document, 34kB)
• PC audit 4 - Prescribing (Office document, 35kB)
• PC audit 4-Antidepressants in women of child-bearing age (Office document, 33kB)
• PC audit 4- Care of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and (Office document, 33kB)
• PC audit 4- Physical activity referral (Office document, 34kB)
• PC audits - other potential topics (Office document, 35kB)

It is useful to show your GP the following documents:

• Information for supervisors of Year 3 and 4 external SSC projects 2014-15 (PDF, 885kB)PC audit 4 - Minor surgery (Office document, 34kB)

• Information for GPs Supervising Year 4 Primary Care Audits, 2013-14 (Office document, 42kB)